Corset-waist



(No Model.)

M. P. BRAY. CORSET AWAIST. No. 432,787.

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MORRIS I. BRAY, OF ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO DAVID II. FANNING, OF IVORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,787, dated July 22, 1890.

Application filed December 20, 1889I Serial No. 334,454. (No model To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MRRIs I). BRAY, of Ansonia, in the county ot New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvemcntin Vaists; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked-thereon, to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specilication, and represent, in-

Figure La side viewol the waist complete;

Fig. 2, an inside view of one-half the waist;

Fig. 3, a transverse section through one-halt' the waist.

This invention relates to an improvement inthe construction of waists for ladies, misses, and children, in contradistinction to corsets, the object of the invention being to construct the waist so as to present the usual exterior shape and appearance, but upon its interior to present a material of a woolly or absorbent character, and such as maybe readily charged with any desired medicating or deodorizing material; and the invention consists in the construction as more fully hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claim.

A represents the outer thickness ot' the waist, which is cut in parts from cotton,linen, silk, or like woven material in substantially the usual manner of cutting the exterior of such waists.

I3 represents the interior thickness, which is made from wool-either woven wool or felt, felt being preferred. This inner thickness extends over the inner surface of the outer thickness nearly to the edges of each half the waist, as seen in Figs.2 and 3. The outer thickness is turned over onto the inside, and

shape in felt, or it may be made in parts cut to shape and the parts stitched together.. From the rear side ot' each part a shoulderstrap C extends over to a securing device on the front.

By making the inner thickness of wool it .makes that surface a ready absorbent, so that in the manufacture of the waist it may he charged with any suitable .medicating or deoflorizing material.

The exterior thickness, being woven from cotton, linen, or similar material, is inelastic, so that it serves to maintain the shape of the waist without undue strain upon the wool portion, which could not otherwise retain the required shape. The entire strain of the waist comes upon the outer thickness, so that no substantial tension is brought upon the inner thickness, but it is left free in its natural or normal condition. The cords aid in 'impart ing shape to the waist. y

The inner thickness is charged with a medi: eating or deodorizing material before the waist is made up, and this maybe applied in the form of steam, vapor, or with an atomizer, the wool readily absorbing the material under such circumstances, and will retain it for a great length of time.

I do not wish to be understood as claiming, broadly, a waist or corset having a wool lining, as such, I am aware, is not new.

I claim- The herein-described Waist, consisting of an outer thickness of woven nonelastic fabric combined with an inner thickness of wool, the outer thickness turned upon the inside and so as to lap upon the innersurface of the said wool at both edges,and so as to form the eyelet and'fasteningstrips substantially independent of said Wool thickness, with cords introduced between said thicknesses in pockets formed by lines of stitches corresponding to the position required for said cords, substantially as described.

MORRIS P. BRAY.

Witnesses:

FRED C. EARLE, LiLLIAN D. KELsEY. 

